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What does "holla at you boy" mean?
Feb 9, 2011 9:36 PM
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This is slang, and very informal.
"Holla´" comes from "Holler" which means ´to shout´, but is rarely used in that literal sense.
"Holla´ at you boy" - is sort of a greeting. To "holla´" at someone could be to say hello to someone, acknowledge someone, call someone over.
A similiar expression: "I´d like to give a shout out to my friends" meaning that the speaker wants to send out a greeting to his friends.
"Boy" could be interpreted as being an african american, but it doesn´t have to be. This sort of language is very common in the hip-hop/RnB/soul industry.
February 9, 2011
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1- to call or catch up with.
yo you going to the cub? "yea"
aight then holla at ya boy when you get there.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=holla%20at%20ya%20boy
February 10, 2011
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What is the context of this? This type of slang is sometimes used by American negroes or people living in the southern states of America.
"holla at you boy"= to yell at a boy/man
Also during the time negroes were kept as slaves in America, men were often called "boy" by their employers.
February 10, 2011
I think that language mist be ebonics.
February 9, 2011
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